Legal Writing in the Smartphone Age and Writing to Win - Webcast
October 2015
Legal Writing in the Smartphone Age and Writing to Win
Featuring National Lecturer Steven D. Stark
Co-sponsored by the CBA Litigation Section
Program Description:
Gone are the long, flowing emails messages with pretty graphics and lots of attachments. Today's communication - almost 100% electronic - is immediate, brief, clear, and powerful. Designed to boost your instant or near-instant message-drafting skills, this practical half-day program will teach you how to draft clearer and more effective emails, court documents, and memoranda. Legal writing expert Steven Stark will demonstrate how this "new age and style" of writing affects all types of legal writing including litigation and contract drafting.
You know the power of clear, concise writing. You know how important it is to make your words easily understood and interesting, but you don't know the secret to guiding your readers past the legalese and to the point. Let nationally acclaimed lecturer and author Steven D. Stark fill you in.
Known for his witty and engaging style, Steven Stark will share with you dozens of everyday useful hints to help you write to win. Featuring demonstrations and simulated exercises, this course will show you how to become a more effective, persuasive writer of everything from routine correspondence to appellate briefs. Once learned, the skills to better writing are yours for life. And you won't believe how easy some of Stark's suggestions are to apply to your work! As an added bonus, you will take home Stark's book, Writing to Win, one of the nation's leading texts on litigation writing.
Here's what lawyers have said about Steven Stark:
"Absolutely delivered on what was promised"
"Outstanding! Would like to see this type of program as mandatory for litigators."
"Highly practical - a speaker who obviously knows these issues. Best CLE I've attended in 18 years at the bar. These are essential skills for lawyers."
"Excellent program. Well worth the money and time … very results oriented."
"This was one of the most useful programs that I have ever attended - looking forward to putting Steve's tips into practice."
A.M. Program Agenda:
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 11:45 pm (There will be a 10-minute morning break)
- Introduction
- Principles of Good Legal Writing in the Smartphone Age
- Technical Writing and Editing
- Memos, Letters and E-Mail
- Principles of Argument Writing for All Lawyers
- Writing Good Narratives for All Lawyers
- Contract Drafting
11:45 pm
Adjourn
P.M. Program Agenda:
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Registration
12:45 pm – 4:00 pm (There will be a 15 minute afternoon break)
- Composing oral as well as written presentations
- Looking for facts that will win
- Applying storytelling principles to your argument writing
- Drafting more effective complaints, answers, affidavits and discovery requests
- Approaching writing ethically
- Ethical issues relevant to legal writing - RPC 1.1 (Competence); 1.3 (Diligence); 1.4 (Communication); 3.1 (Meritorious Claims and Contentions)
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $339.00 |
| CBA Member | $299.00 |
| CBA Litigation Section Member | $279.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS--CLE ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.50
- EDI Credits:
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